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This website opens a gateway to development approaches that rely on traditional knowledge systems to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals. The goal of the website is to (a) raise awareness among the development community of the role that community-based practices can play in enriching the development process; and (b) help development practitioners to mainstream indigenous/traditional knowledge into the activities of development partners and to optimize the benefits of development assistance, especially to the poor.
Strategies
These goals are being achieved through different strategies. These include: (a) dissemination: a database on indigenous/traditional knowledge and practices with nearly 300 entries and a series of monthly "IK Notes" which present in some detail, locally driven solutions to often complex issues; (b)
learning
: cross regional, peer-to-peer learning exchanges aimed at enhancing local capacity to identify and apply indigenous/traditional knowledge and practices; (c) mainstreaming the application of IK in World Bank-supported projects and  in national development programs; and (d)
partnerships
: brokering collaboration on IK issues between local practitioners, community-based organizations, governments, donors, and the global scientific community and other international organizations.
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